thimble
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈθɪmbl/
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dedal
- Crow holds his head carefully as if he is balancing a thimble of water on his crown.
Literally full off of a thimble of, of milk.
- Literally full off of a thimble of, of milk.
- And he taught me an awful lot about, I mean, what he taught me about business is a thimble in the bucket of what he's taught me about life.
Examples
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I'd adore just a thimble of gin.
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I only need a thimble of water to water the plant.
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Or maybe a thimble would be too big.
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Honey, I said a thimble, not a bottle.
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Enough to fill a thimble.
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What Bessie knows about the Bible she can fit into her mother's brass thimble.
Fiction book (1997) -
There is a tiny container of assorted buttons and a thimble.
Blog text (28) -
Type metal was ladled from a heated cauldron using a dipper a little bigger than a thimble.
Academic text (2005) -
The recipe calls for a thimble of vanilla extract for flavor.
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She poured just a thimble of oil into the pan to start cooking.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small amount of something
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7.9
A very small amount of something
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7.3
A very small amount, like a tiny bit of salt
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7.7
A very small amount, about what fits in a thimble
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9.9
A very small amount of something
A small amount that can be held in one hand
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Etymology
Thimble can also mean a very small amount because a thimble is a tiny cup or cap, so saying 'a thimble of' means about as much as a thimble can hold. That's why the word now describes a very small quantity.